Threefold moves for the Rubik’s Cube

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(See also one-face moves for the Rubik’s cube.)

(1)
B2 • R’ D R F D F’ • U
F D’ F’ R’ D’ R • U’ • B2
This also rotates the back corner piece counterclockwise.
(2) Do parts (a) and (b):
Part a:
R • U’ R’ F’ L’ B’ • U’ BLFR • U2 • R’
Part b:
L’ • D LBRF • D F’ R’ B’ L’ • D2 • L
Part (a) does the clockwise floret on the front three sides; part (b) does the counterclockwise floret on the back three sides.
(3)
F2 U2 F’ R2 F
(do part 2a)
F’ R2 F U2 F2
From the back three sides, this looks like a counterclockwise (5).
(4)
F L2 F’
L F R’ F’ L’ F R F’
F L2 F’
From the back three sides, this looks like a counterclockwise (6).
(5)
F2 R2 F U2 F’
(do part 2a)
F U2 F’ R2 F2
From the back three sides, this looks like a counterclockwise (3).
(6)
R’ F
L’ U R U’ L U R’ U’
F’ R
From the back three sides, this looks like a counterclockwise (4).
(7)
V’ H V H’
 


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John Kerl
2010-04-15
Note: I gathered these processes from various sources, almost twenty years ago. I’d love to cite their originators, but alas, at this point I have no idea who they are.
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